in fact just today the ousted president mohamed morsi finally insisting he's the government's real leader and grandstanding public appearance. but there is a way to see change and even revolution with an artist. al jazeera's antisal abolissa. >> inside a gallery on new york's east side, big things are happening. inspired by the middle east. >> i don't think it's possible to separate politic just like we cannot separate literature and language and wars and letters. >> 33-year-old artist zakaria rahani's paintings deal directly with turmoil and change in the region. particularly in egypt. after living in morocco for 26 years, ramhani says the arab spring was long overdue. >> perhaps it was for me the idea of being here. at that moment when other people of my age are here too, and they have desire for change. >> one of ramhani's biggest inspirations came during the egyptian revolution in 2011. he saw images on his television screen known what then was the blue bra girl. he immediately went to work. >> i think it's again like a reputatiorepresentation of the n of an individual of height, the